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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, Ch. 15]
śacī kahe, —nā khāiba, bhāla-i kahilā sei haite ekādaśī karite lāgilā
SYNONYMS
śacī kahe—mother Śacī said; nā khāiba—I shall not take; bhāla-i kahilā—You have said very nicely; sei haite—from that day; ekādaśī—Ekādaśī day; karite lāgilā—began to observe.
TRANSLATION
Mother Śacī said: "You have spoken very nicely. I shall not eat grains on Ekādaśī." From that day, she began to observe fasting on Ekādaśī.
PURPORT
It is a prejudice amongst  smārta-brāhmaṇas  that a widow must observe fasting on Ekādaśī but a woman who has her husband should not. It appears that before the request of Lord Caitanya Śacīmātā was not observing Ekādaśī because of her being  sa-dhava , which means that her husband was living. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, however, introduced the system that a woman, even if not a widow, must observe the Ekādaśī day and must not touch any kind of grains, even those offered to the Deity of Viṣṇu.
TEXT 11
তবে মিশ্র বিশ্বরূপের দেখিয়া ঘোষন । কঙ্কা চাহি বিবাহ দিতে করিলেন মন ॥ ১১ ॥
tabe miśra viśvarūpera dekhiyā yauvana kanyā cāhi' vivāha dite karilena mana
SYNONYMS
tabe —thereafter;  miśra —Jagannātha Miśra;  viśvarūpera —of Viśvarūpa, his elder son;  dekhiyā —seeing;  yauvana —youthfulness;  kanyā cāhi' —wanting to find a girl;  vivāha —marriage;  dite —to give;  karilena —made;  mana —his mind.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, seeing Viśvarūpa a grown-up youth, Jagannātha Miśra wanted to find a girl and arrange a marriage ceremony for Him.
TEXT 12
বিশ্বরূপ শুনি ঘর ছাড়ি পলাইলা । সন্ন্যাস করিয়া তীর্থ করিবারে গেলা ॥ ১২ ॥